Erratum to: J Mol Med

DOI 10.1007/s00109-014-1211-9

Inadvertently, there was a mistake in the denotations of the authors’ affiliation. The affiliation for the authors Licheng Ren and Lei Chen is incorrect.

The correct address of Licheng Ren is: Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China.

The correct address of Lei Chen is: First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China.

Furthermore, Licheng Ren shares first authorship with Tosan Ehanire.